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Eliminating Skin Color Bias in Pulse Oximeters

A Brown University PhD student recognized the health disparity people with darker skin experienced from pulse oximeters

In Los Angeles and Beyond, Oxygen Is the Latest COVID Bottleneck

The need for high concentrations of oxygen has stressed the infrastructure for delivering the gas to hospitals and their patients.

Pulse Oximeters More Likely to Be Inaccurate for Black Patients

For African Americans, inaccurate blood oxygen measurements according to pulse oximeters could significantly affect COVID-19 treatment.

Study: Steroids Strengthen Bodies but Weaken Hearts

Researchers found most of the steroid users’ hearts pumped less blood with each beat and refilled with blood at almost half the normal rate
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